Richard Henry Pratt forwards a request from Karl E. Enteman and requests that he be dropped from the assignments to Carlisle due to his request to delay his appointment. Pratt also requests additional names from the Civil Service Commission of individuals who can report by September 1, 1902.
1902
![Pratt Requests Karl Enteman's be Dropped from Carlisle Assignments Pratt Requests Karl Enteman's be Dropped from Carlisle Assignments](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2146_50838_0004.jpg?itok=VLcNAnOm)
![Pratt Informs Office of Knickerbacker's Acceptance of Outing Matron Position Pratt Informs Office of Knickerbacker's Acceptance of Outing Matron Position](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2146_50837_0002.jpg?itok=Urn_iZ3Y)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Etta Knickerbacker has accepted the position of Outing Matron. Pratt also forwards a request of Superintendent Brown in replacing Knickerbacker with Mrs. Pierson of Petoskey, Michigan.
![Application for Employment from Delia Webster Application for Employment from Delia Webster](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2151_52427_0003.jpg?itok=p4m7X_0n)
Richard H. Pratt recommends that former student Delia Webster be appointed as the assistant matron at the Greenwood School in South Dakota. Pratt forwards Webster's application to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and endorses her in his cover letter.
![Information on Earl Jennings Related to Admission Information on Earl Jennings Related to Admission](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2148_51345_0002.jpg?itok=E-5xGbky)
Richard Henry Pratt provides information on Earl Jennings (referred to here as Earl Sweeney) to the Office of Indian Affairs.
![Pratt Proposes Reverting Outing Matron Title to Matron Pratt Proposes Reverting Outing Matron Title to Matron](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2150_52041_0001.jpg?itok=uzIqtNzE)
Richard Henry Pratt proposes to the Office of Indian Affairs to revert the Outing Matron title back to Matron with the appointment of Etta Knickerbacker. Pratt states that an assistant matron will take on the outing duties.
![Office Informed of Two Appointees Failing to Report as Ordered Office Informed of Two Appointees Failing to Report as Ordered](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2151_52478_0002.jpg?itok=MJDpi9x9)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Enoch M. Sherry and Amos R. Frank have not reported to the Carlisle Indian School as ordered.
![Office Informed Amos Frank Reported for Duty Office Informed Amos Frank Reported for Duty](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2152_52711_0002.jpg?itok=ZXvnuLLe)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Amos Frank has reported for duty.
![Pratt Forwards Letter Regarding Position for Dahney George Pratt Forwards Letter Regarding Position for Dahney George](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2155_54095_0003.jpg?itok=2C37EPMu)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from G. M. Philips regarding former student Dahney George finding a position as an Assistant Teacher in the Indian Service.
![Pratt Informs Office that Sherry is Leaving for Carlisle Shortly Pratt Informs Office that Sherry is Leaving for Carlisle Shortly](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2152_52774_0002.jpg?itok=D5EAn9s3)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has received a message from Enoch M. Sherry that he will leave for Carlisle shortly.
![Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees and Resignations, September 1902 Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees and Resignations, September 1902](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2156_54539_c6282_A.jpg?itok=rkIhO2El)
Lt. Colonel Richard H. Pratt submits a report thats lists new employees (Frank T. Reising, Frances R. Scales, William Davies, Emma H. Foster, Genus E. Baird, Amos R. Frank, and Enoch M. Sherry), those that have left the school (Samuel J. Brown, Flora Laird, O. H. Bakeless, and Jessie W. Cook), those who have changed positions and/or been…
![Pratt Protests Three Former Students Enrolling at Flandreau Pratt Protests Three Former Students Enrolling at Flandreau](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2158_55725_0002.jpg?itok=czIVeKK0)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Joseph C. Hart, Superintendent of the Oneida Indian School, regarding three former Carlisle students who desire to enroll at Flandreau.
![Etta Knickerbacker Declines to Travel to Carlisle Etta Knickerbacker Declines to Travel to Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2161_56934_0001.jpg?itok=v47QkZok)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Etta Knickerbacker's letter declining to come to Carlisle.
![Request to Have Dr. O. O. Benson Reinstated to Indian Service Request to Have Dr. O. O. Benson Reinstated to Indian Service](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2159_55906_0001.jpg?itok=6vHh8ekk)
Richard Henry Pratt requests to have Dr. O. O. Benson reinstated to the Indian Service and appointed as a physician to the Carlisle Indian School.
![Update on Filling Matron Position and Request to Search Outside Civil Service List Update on Filling Matron Position and Request to Search Outside Civil Service List](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2159_55977_0001.jpg?itok=8bDMqdxL)
Richard Henry Pratt updates the Office of Indian Affairs that Etta Knickerbacker is unable to report to the Carlisle Indian School to fill the matron position. Pratt requests to search outside the Civil Service list to fill the position.
![Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, September 1902 Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, September 1902](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2161_56744_0001.jpg?itok=y_aRm8tc)
Richard H. Pratt requests a six-month supply of two dozen different blank administrative forms used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.
![Corrected Report of Irregular Employees, August 1902 Corrected Report of Irregular Employees, August 1902](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2161_57109_0001.jpg?itok=4Y7uZGP_)
Richard H. Pratt submits the corrected report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during August 1902. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month. Pratt also includes irregular employee George White who was omitted on the previous report.
![Fifty-One Reports on Leave of Absence Fifty-One Reports on Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2162_57378_0001.jpg?itok=cpkzjIEm)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards fifty-one reports on leave of absence for several employees: Agnes May Robbins (teacher), Elizabeth E. Forster (drawing teacher), Etta S. Fortney (assistant laundress), Kate S. Bowersox (normal teacher), Beckie L. Goodyear (assistant seamstress), Mary E. Lininger (assistant seamstress), Ella G. Hill (laundry manager…
![Twelve Teachers' Certificates of Attendance at Summer School Twelve Teachers' Certificates of Attendance at Summer School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2162_57377_0001.jpg?itok=txta9ziV)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards certificates of attendance at summer school for twelve employees: Flora Laird (teacher), Emma A. Cutter (senior teacher), Mariette Wood (teacher), Fanny G. Paull (teacher), Carrie E. Weekley (teacher), Edith McHarg Steele (librarian), Jeannette L. Senseney (music teacher), Annie B. Moore (music teacher), Anne H.…
![Anne S. Ely's Request for leave of Absence Anne S. Ely's Request for leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2163_58236_0001.jpg?itok=J7QsurRw)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Outing Agent Anne S. Ely's request for a 30 day leave of absence.
![Request for Unpaid Leave of Absence for Margaret Roberts Request for Unpaid Leave of Absence for Margaret Roberts](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2163_58025_0001.jpg?itok=ysBZkPO2)
Richard H. Pratt requests that Margaret Roberts (teacher) is granted an additional six days unpaid leave of absence for the death of her sister.
![Report of Irregular Employees, September 1902 Report of Irregular Employees, September 1902](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2170_61066_c2781.jpg?itok=xJ10F_xe)
Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during September 1902. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
![Sara Pierre's Request for Leave of Absence to Attend Nursing School in Philadelphia Sara Pierre's Request for Leave of Absence to Attend Nursing School in Philadelphia](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2164_58386_0004.jpg?itok=GVc60nQr)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Hospital Cook Sara Pierre's request for a 30-day leave of absence to attend nursing school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
![Pratt Responds to Request to Return Lizzie and Nancy Chubb Pratt Responds to Request to Return Lizzie and Nancy Chubb](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2192_69241_0021.jpg?itok=oNTUFNOz)
Richard Henry Pratt provides correspondence and documents related to a request to return Lizzie and Nancy Chubb to their home. Their father in particular objects to them being sent out to work on the outing program and notes that they are sick.
![Quarterly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, September 1902 Quarterly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, September 1902](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2166_59445_c2759_A.jpg?itok=tXmPWK3f)
S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the sanitary report for the quarter ending on September 30, 1902.
![Average Attendance for Quarter Ending September 30, 1902 Average Attendance for Quarter Ending September 30, 1902](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2179_64211_0001.jpg?itok=1F5IS5yh)
Edgar A. Allen informs the Office of Indian Affairs of the average attendance for the quarter ending September 30, 1902 was 874.3 and the remaining number of students at Carlisle was 882.